neil robertson was my excellence at the start was halted to some degree.iggins, he will be pleased as god in that way because that's the way he can go back to in this match. in other quarterfinals, dave gilbert, against kyren wilson. another headline maker is gary wilson, the world number 32 but won the five frames in a row to lead his session against ali carter. this guy is a real find, isn't he? he's not going away, he is going to ta ke he's not going away, he is going to take some stopping. it all continues live on bbc two at seven o'clock. team gb speed skater, elise christie, has opened up about her struggle with mental health in the hope that it will encourage other athletes to talk more openly about the subject. in an instagram post earlier this month, christie revealed that she suffered with depression and anxiety for two years, but is now feeling like herself again. she spoke to our reporter, david mcdaid. she's an athlete we've seen experience the joy of becoming world champion, as well as the despair of olympic heartbreak. through it all, what h

at one stage neil robertson looked like he had a queue made of kryptonite to beat superman shaun murphyhad more respect by the end from us because of the way he came back from 3-0 because of the way he came back from 3—0 behind. because of the way he came back from 3-0 behind. crucible action continues on the red button and online from 7pm. paralympic classification — the way para—athletes are categorized according to their ability, is often contraversial. and it can be even more so, when an athlete is re—classfied after having been successful at a certain level. and that's what happened to british swimmer 0llie hynd, a triple paralympic champion from london and rio, he's now one of a number of former medallists left struggling after being forced to compete against less—impaired rivals. kate grey has been to meet him. during a swimming career 0llie hynd has won every major title including three paralympic golds. but in march 2018 following a classification review of his disability his future success in the sport changed dramatically. it has been the ha rd est year of dramatically. it ha

meanwhile — shaun murphy fought back in his second round match against neil robertson to trail five framesi—a—7 in the final frame of the session but missed the last red — the break ending on 112. another former champion mark selby trails 5—3 to gary wilson alex hales willjoin the england squad for their pre—world cup training camp in cardiff on saturday. hales has missed nottinghamshire's first three one—day cup games for what the county described as "personal reasons". the world cup begins in england and wales on the 30th of may. jofra archer has given a glimpse of what he might offer england in the coming months. the all rounder is in the one day squad for the series against pakistan next month. earlier today he hit a sparkling 27 not out with this six in the final over to seal a dramatic win for rajasthan royals against kolkata knight riders in the indian premier league. despite the victory, the royals are still second from bottom of the table. now voting is open for this year's — bbc women's footballer of the year award and all week we're hearing from the five nominees — today it's th

championship began today and two former champions went toe to toe in the afternoon session — neil robertsonour frames each butjudd trump is flying. trump raced into a 6—0 lead, knocking in a highest break of 131 against stephen maguire, before the scot managed to register a frame. the tournament favourite took the final frame to lead 7—1. first to 13 go through. they'll finish off tomorrow. when england forward izzy christiansen broke her leg and damaged ankle ligaments eight weeks ago, while playing in the shebelieves cup, she thought her chances of making this summer's world cup were over. but after surgery, she's making good progress — and she told our reporterjo currie she hopes manager phil neville selects her for the tournament, which begins on the 7th ofjune. my my body recovered well and mentally i feel fresh and good and physically i'm coming along and if i were to be selected for lockup i don't know what's going to happen but i have about seven weeks to play with, can hopefully improve my fitness. how much contact have you had come i know he's in touch with the player so know he's

the 43—year—old scot will now play australia's 2010 winner neil robertson who hasn't played since qualifyinger—finals on friday. ali carter is also through to the quarter—finals after beating china's zhou yuelong13—9. the two—time finalist was trailing 9—7 before winning six frames in a row and he's through to the last 8 for the 6th time in his career and will play fellow englishman gary wilson on tuesday. there'll be two wilson's in the quarter—finals after kyren also came from behind to beat barry hawkins 13—11. the pair shared 9 centuries — a new record for a best—of—25 match at the world championship and he'll play david gilbert starting on tuesday. in serie a, atalanta continue their bid to claim the final champions league place in italy. they were 2—0 winners at home to udinese with both goals coming in the last 10 minutes of the match. the side from bergamo move back ahead of roma into the final champions league spot days after booking their ticket to the coppa italia final against lazio, while sassuolo climb three places to 10th following their victory at fiorentina. while in spain a

at the world snooker championship, australia's neil robertson holds a 5 frames to 3 lead in his secondair against robertson, to trail by two overnight. murphy was on course for a maximum 1—4—7 in the final frame of the session but missed the last red — the break ending on 112. one game in the nba taking place, the spurs against the nuggets. the spurs leading heading towards half—time. but from me and the rest of the sport today team, goodbye. hello there. after the warm easter weather that we saw last weekend, it's been turning gradually cooler and also more unsettled over the past couple of days. and that unsettled theme continues for the next few days too. this amazing picture was taken as the sun set on thursday evening in salford. you can see the big shower clouds that we had, the heavy downpours. a similar picture on friday. there will be some sunshine around, equally some heavy showers in the forecast too. and things will start to feel cold over the next few days. you can see the blue colours, that is a colder air mass filtering in in from the north—west. the warm weather that ha

he‘s 5—3 down to australian neil robertson in their last 16 match.amme of infrastructure projects around the world. critics say the initiative mainly benefits chinese companies and saddles often poor countries with debt owed to beijing. but speaking at a summit of more than 30 foreign delegations in beijing — mr xi said it would be financially sustainable for the countries involved. the chancellor philip hammond is attending the summit and will make a keynote speech. let‘s talk now to our correspondent, stephen mcdonell who‘s in beijing. tell us more about what this belt and road forum is, what does it do? dozens of world leaders from vladimir putin to imran khan have come to the chinese capital to essentially pay homage to the chinese president and sing the praises of the chinese president and his signature policy the belt and road initiative. and in one way white wouldn‘t they? china is providing loans and technical know—how to developing countries in order to integrate their economies with transport infrastructure, with the economies and their nei

at the world snooker championship australia's neil robertson will take a 5 frames to 3 lead into his winners of this event, robertson jumped out to a 3—0 lead before englishman murphy was on course for a maximum 1—4—7 in the final frame of the session but missed the last red. the defending nba champions, golden state warriors, leading their series 3—2 can advance to the next stage of the play—offs with a win at the la clippers later on. the warriors missed the chance to advance to the western conference semi finals when the clippers won game 5 to narrow the deficit to one. but the clippers coach admits this series has lasted so long because of his side's relationship with the fans. the art of deceiving a goalkeeper from the penalty spot has become one of the many innovations in modern football, and here's one from australia. eric bautheac completely fooled adelaide united's goalkeeper paul izzo in brisbane roar‘s 5—3 defeat. a rare high for the roar, who've conceded 71 goals in the campaign — an a league record. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/s

neil robertson is through to the semi—finals of the china open after a 6—0 victory over sam craigie.n 17 frames in a row in beijing and will face belgium's luca brecel in the last four. one game in the ipl today, the kolkata knight riders are currently chasing 206 to beat the royal challengers bangalore. england's charley hull is in action at the ana invitational in california. she's currently 2 under par, three shots off the lead in the second round. willie mullins was the big winner on ladies day at aintree. his horse — min — won by a massive 20 lengths in the feature race, the melling chase. so it's the grand national tomorrow and usually, if you're having a flutter, you might be more succesful pinning a tail on a donkey. but this year there is one horse that stands out in the 40 runners and it's one that could make history. the hot favourite tiger roll would become the first horse to win back to back victories since red rum in the 1970s. the bookies could stand to lose £200 million, if that happens. we can nowjoin our sports correspondent, andy swiss. tiger roll possibly unable?

it's between the 2010 champion from australia, neil robertson, playing the 2005 winner from england,een in great form so far, with only the second ever whitewash in the tournament's history in the first round. robertson is also playing well, only conceding one frame until this match. it's early on, and the score is 65—0 in the first frame. you can watch it live on bbc two and the bbc sport website now. one of the uk's biggest betting companies — gvc — says it will no longer sponsor shirts or advertise on pitchside hoardings in the uk. it's one of a number of promises made by the company that owns ladbrokes and coral, including a wider ban on tv advertising. our sports news correspondent is richard conway. a lot of foreign companies are involved in shirt sponsorship with british teams, and getting them on board i think is going to be nigh on impossible. plus your‘s agreement between the major british companies to ban tv advertising took some time to ban tv advertising took some time to negotiate and agree, so getting a universal ban on shirt sponsorship and perimeter advertising, ithi

murphy will face another former champ neil robertson in the last 16.u can only really concentrate on yourself. i can only work on what i'm doing, worry about my game. if i make the most of the chances that come my way, i won't sit in my seat for 13 frames. i will get chances. if i make the most of them it could be a classic. mark selby has won and is through to the next round. in rugby league's super league, leaders st helens ran in 11 tries to hammer hull fc 62 points to 16. adam swift and kevin naiqama scored a hat—trick of tries each. saints are still four points clear of warrington who also had a big win — 511—6 at hull kingston rovers. elsewhere there were wins for huddersfield giants. the beat london broncos. the champions wigan warriors, edged out salford. and wakefield trinity, who beat bottom club leeds. meanwhile castleford tigers slumped to a heavy defeat in the south of france. catalans dragons ran in six tries, as they cruised to 37 points to 16 win. sam tomkins with one of them. that defeat means castleford slip down to fourth behind wake

live from the crucible where 2010 champion neil robertson is playing a debutante.pper box arena in london, the british number one johanna konta has box arena in london, the british number onejohanna konta has taken the second set. great britain are playing kazakhstan. let's get more now on the killing of lyra mckee in derry on thursday. there's been an outpouring of grief from friends and family, while people who worked with her speak glowingly of the work she was doing exposing life in post—troubles northern ireland... patrick corrigan is northern ireland director of amnesty international, he knew leera professionally. he was due to sit on a panel with her in 2 weeks about reporting on conflict. he says lyra was extremely well known as both a journalist and activist. . .. tragic, needless, pointless. sadly northern ireland has known far too many of these deaths in the past. we did hope these deaths were in the past and this happening now in 2019 is utterly shattering for so many people, particularly i think a younger generation who hasn't known this, experienced t

neil robertson is on a roll on the first day of the world championship snooker.in crucible history. he's 9—0 up in his first round match against qualifier michael georgiou, who has only managed 107 points in total so far. defending champion mark williams is through after beating martin gould. that's all the sport for now. we have a world title fight in new york overnight, don't forget that, and you can listen to that on bbc radio 5from and you can listen to that on bbc radio 5 from around four in the morning. i'm sure you will be staying up to watch that? it is a bank holiday, why not? house plants do much more than simply decorate our homes — they can bring a sense of calm and help the environment. currently, plants which aren't considered food, are subject to full vat, but campaigners say that should be reduced. laura foster has more. becca had struggled with anxiety and depression for months. counselling didn't work, medication didn't work, but then she was given a houseplant and from there her collection grew to more than 100 plants. the well—being you get is

elsewhere, neil robertson is the first man through to the quarter—finals.s premiership after losing 31 points to 17 to northampton. elsewhere sale jumped to 6th in the league as they beat bath is a try less game at the aj bell stadium. aj macginty kicking both sale's penalties to keep their faint hopes of a top 4 finish alive. jockey bryony frost has been passed fit to ride just in time for the final jumps meeting of the season. frost broke her collarbone shortly after making history at cheltenham as the first female jockey to win a grade 1 at the festival over fences. she'll ride ‘present man‘ in tomorrow's gold cup at sandown for trainer paul nicholls, who will be crowned champion trainer. that's all the sport for now. find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. not a great day for the outdoors coming up on saturday. got storm hannah bearing down on us, really late in the season. for gales or severe gales quite widely for england and wales, that's not good news. already there a power outages in parts of ireland. wins already battering areas h

neil robertson and john higgins have four frames each, butjudd trump is flying. against stephen maguire before the scot managed to register a frame. the tournament favourite took the final frame to lead 7—1. first to 13 go through. they will finish off tomorow. that's all the sport for now. hello there. on tuesday the temperature reached 90 degrees, with some sunshine, but temperatures are only going one way through the rest of this week. it will be getting colder everywhere. at the moment, though, we still have this area of the cloud here. it's been producing some showery outbreaks of rain, and thatis some showery outbreaks of rain, and that is moving very slowly eastwards. we are dragging on a bit more cloud across scotland, most of the rain probably in the south of the rain probably in the south of the country, and the rain should have moved away from northern ireland and some sunshine on the way. a much better day for wednesday. that rain, though, moving over the irish sea away from the isle of man into westernmost parts of england and wales, perhaps the west

neil robertson is through to the quarterfinals of the world snooker championships.n 2010 and is now the tournament favourite once more. my pictures from the crucible in such happy scenes. all fans happy to see the sight of reigning champion mark williams stop can't quite see him there. he is back at the table this morning. he was taken to hospital with chest pains. this was after the second session against david gilbert yesterday. williams has recovered. the just saying it wasn't to do with his heart. they resumed a little while ago and the first frame of the day has gone to gilbert. he has recovered off the table. now williams needs to make a recovery in the actual match. 6—3. you can follow the action on bbc two also on the bbc sport website. newcastle remain bottom of rugby union's premiership after losing to northampton. silent jumped to premiership after losing to northampton. silentjumped to sixth in the league as they beat bath. both of sales penalties keep their faint hopes of a top four finish alive. that is all this but for now. you can follow of those sto

england's shaun murphy is still behind against australia's neil robertson.cible champions and on form — so this has been a tight match with lots of safety play today. but murphy has just dropped another frame, so as they approach the interval robertson is up 9 frames to 6. the first to 13 frames will go through to the quarter—finals. meanwhile on the other table, amateur, james cahill is trying to cause another upset. after his shock win over ronnie o'sullivan in the first round, he's playing scotland's stephen maguire. but maguire has other ideas and is leading 5—3 — both matches resume this evening. there's was a bizarre incident in first practise at the azerbajan grand prix after a car hit a loose man—hole cover. causing the session to be abandoned. george russell's williams was damaged by the drain cover and then doused in hydraulic fluid after its recovery truck hit a bridge on its way back to the pits. baku is a street circuit so there are plenty of drains along the way. they're now all being checked before second practice starts this afternoon. they a

neil robertson is the first man through to the quarter—finals of the world snooker championship in sheffieldson, who won the tournament back in 2010, is the now the tournament favourite. well, these are the live pictures from the crucible, and all fans will be happy at the sight of reigning champion mark williams, back at the table this morning. this is not him, this is david gilbert. williams was taken to hospital with chest pains yesterday after his second session against david gilbert. williams has recovered and resumed a few minutes ago. every time we talk about live pictures, we don't get to see williams. come on, cameraman, give him a shot. but i can assure you that williams is back at the crucible after he was checked by doctors. it is live on bbc two and the website. a sunny afternoon on the cards for some of you, but for others, storm hannah dahoud is causing problems. some travel disruption still possible through this afternoon. and some minor damage to trees and buildings can't be ruled out. don't forget the trees are now getting into leaf and with severe gales expected in places,

england's shaun murphy is trying to continue his recovery against australia's neil robertson. ertson increased his lead to 7—4 but after some clever safety play murphy has pulled a frame back and it's currently 7—5 with the first to 13 frames the winner. well, these are live pictures from sheffield right now and on the other table is the amateurjames cahill who sensationally knocked out ronnie 0'sullivan in the first round. cahill is trying to do the same to stephen maguire — they resumed at 3—2 to maguire. and it's now 4—2 to maguire. asi as i said, best to 13 frames is the winner, and he hasjust made it 5—2, so he is three frames up. first 13 will win and go through to the third round. there's was a bizarre incident in first practice at the azerbajan grand prix after a williams car hit a loose man—hole cover. causing the session to be abandoned. george russell's car was damaged by the drain cover and then doused in hydraulic fluid after the recovery truck hit a bridge on its way to him. baku is a street circuit so there are plenty of drains along the track. they're now all be

the 2005 champion missed the last red in his last 16 match against neil robertson.ree in the best of 25 match. who what about this from eric bauteac? and finally, who doesn't like a cheeky penalty? what about this from eric bauteac? brisbane roar have had a miserable season but the frenchman gave the home crowd something to cheer. does he do, he digs the bowl into the ground. would you have that sort of nerve, charlie? it would never work. that's probably as well as i could kick the ball. you'd confuse the goalkeeper. today marks the 70th anniversary of the formation of the modern commonwealth. last year the prince of wales was appointed the queen's designated successor but what does the future hold for the organisation. joining us now is the commonwealth secretary—general patricia scotland. we said the modern commonwealth. i suppose it's an apt name because sometimes, you think what is the point? it feels quite old—fashioned stop the commonwealth is the reverse of that. you have 53 countries in alignment saying, we still want to be together. because we come from si

murphy will face another former champ neil robertson in the last 16.rate on yourself. i can only work on what i'm doing, worry about my game. if i make the most of the chances that come my way, i won't sit in my seat for 13 frames. i will get chances. if i make the most of them it could be a classic. british cyclist teo geoghegan hart has won the first stage of his pro tour career, on the opening day of the tour of the alps. the team sky rider was front and centre of a select group into kufstein. he timed his sprint perfectly on the narrow streets to beat his team—mate chris froome — who finished sixth. that's all the sport for now. back to you. highly, but thank you very much. in ukraine, a comedian — volodymyr zelensky — has been elected the country's next president in a landslide victory against the incumbent petro poroshenko. he won 73% of the vote with no previous experience in politics, though he does star in a ukrainian television show as a fictional president. the european union says he can count on its strong support to fight corruption. from

murphy will face another former champ neil robertson in the last 16.hat i'm doing, worry about my game. if i make the most of the chances that come my way, i won't sit in my seat for 13 frames. i will get chances. if i make the most of them it could be a classic. these are live pictures from the crucible where the three—time champion mark selby is in trouble against another chinese player making a first crucible appearance. zhao xintong took the first three frames. up up mark selby pulled one back but he is now down in his. the five—time champion ronnie 0'sullivan plays his first—round match against james cahill this afternoon. cahill stunned mark selby at the uk championship last year and he is the first amateur to qualify for the world championship, but 0'sullivan is world number one with five tournament wins this season. he was going to give me the trophy 110w he was going to give me the trophy now and say your world champion, then fantastic, but if i don't win it it's house what goes sometimes. you have to be in it to win it. if you have asked me w

he's on for a whitewash against china's luo honghao, murphy's 9—0 up, the same score that neil robertson ever been one other whitewash at the crucible, a couple of chances for another in the next 24 hours. leinster are through to the final of rugby union's champions cup after beating toulouse in the semifinal. the irish provincial side will face saracens of the premiership at newcastle united's st james's park next month. ben croucher reports. after a year in ireland to the champions cup is starting to feel at home with leinster. it has only spent as long in the toulouse trophy cabinet as the one in dublin in its history. for a return to france, toulouse would have to defend better. the irish side were relu cta nt to better. the irish side were reluctant to wave goodbye to their trophy. it looked as if toulouse might have waved the white flight by half—time, only for a penalty in the build—up. leinster had to waitjust 12 minutes after the break to go further ahead. with toulouse chipping away, there was some french resistance. garry ringrose touched the ball down at the same time, so the

john higgins has lost the last two finals, he trails and former winner neil robertson, 3—2. the same writer, same team, slightly different name. the team formerly known as team sky had their first official race under new ownership. their new look will be no tomorrow ahead of the tour which starts on thursday. we will have more for you orany thursday. we will have more for you or any special sports day at lifelong tottenham hotspur at 6:30pm. these are the scenes from venezuela, the authorities say they are putting down a small cute attempt. juan guiado has called the monterey and people onto the streets. translation: the armed forces are on the side of the constitution. now, we are asking all of to take to the streets. to claim what we have not been given as a citizen throughout all these years. first thing this morning, and now this is the scene outside the military base where he was talking. as you can see, there are individuals on the street there are individuals on the street there are roomed. that is a lot of uncertainty as the members of the public are coming out in su

neil robertson was in stunning form at snooker‘s world championship. tonight's session. elsewhere reigning champion mark williams beat martin gould 10—7. i love a bit of snooker. i will be watching that. he looked fairly fed up. he was, he was terrible. you can't sit in today, because it will be glorious outside. on my balcony? you can get atvon outside. on my balcony? you can get a tv on your balcony, can you? we will come around and share your mention! it sounds marvellous! we have plenty of pictures of how people have been enjoying the weather, one of the hottest days of the year yesterday. temperatures reaching highs of 25 degrees, and many of you were out and about and send us your pictures. thanks to all the weather watchers who sent these. these beautiful tulips were shot in drumbeg, where there were highs of 20 degrees. and we could be in for more of the same. 20 degrees, we can beat that. what is that? a hazy morning... i just want to show that there are a few dense fog patches across parts of eastern england. this isjust a light mist in linco

murphy will face another former champ neil robertson in the last 16.ay of the tour of the alps. the team sky rider was front and centre of a select group into kufstein. he timed his sprint perfectly on the narrow streets to beat his team—mate chris froome — who finished sixth. in rugby league's super league, leaders st helens ran in ii tries to hammer hull fc 62 points to 16. adam swift and kevin naiqama scoreda hat—trick of tries each. saints are still four points clear of warrington who also had a big win — 54—6 at hull kingston rovers. elsewhere, there were wins for huddersfield giants, wigan warriors and wakefield trinity. third placed castleford tigers look like they're heading for defeat in the south of france. they trail catalan dragons 19—1; with about 20 minutes left. the dragons have run in three tries to the tigers one. trainer willie mullins claimed a first irish grand national victory as burrows saint took the win at fairyhose. the 6—1 shot favourite, ridden by jockey ruby walsh, led at the final fence and had enough to hold off two of mul

snooker championship started today into former champions went toe to toe in the afternoon session, neil robertsonur frames of peace but he is flying, trump raced into a six lead, knocking in the highest rate of 131 999 knocking in the highest rate of 131 egg and steve maguire before the scott managed to register a frame and then favourite took to lead 7—1. first to 13. the other quarterfinals are in session at the moment, these are in session at the moment, these are life pictures from the crucible, gary wilson wrote number one ronnie 0'sullivan with carter, five frames each. and his 6—5 to wilson. that is all the support for now it is still 1-0 all the support for now it is still i—0 between tottenham and ajax. i will have more at half past ten. labour's governing body has agreed to support a further referendum on brexit under certain circumstances. the committee decided that the wording for the manifesto for the european elections. 0ur political correspondent is in westminster but how are the remaining supporters, the ones who really want the clear referendum, have they taken this? people are s

elsewhere, neil robertson is the first man through to the quarterfinals.7 to northampton, while sale jumped to sixth in the league, as they beat bath is a try—less game. —— in a try—less game. aj macginty kicked both sale's penalties to keep their faint hopes of a top 4 finish alive. when the world's best surfers took on powerful waves at bells beach in australia, it was more spills than thrills for the elite wave riders. world number one italo ferreira tackled the giant surf before this wipe—out saw him wash over the reef. the yellowjersey holder managed to pick himself up, albeit with some help, before finally getting some warmth and drying off in the arms of his girlfriend. his pride was definitely hurt there. wow. it isa it is a tough life as a professional surfer, it really is! i would not say washed over the reef. there is a refu nd say washed over the reef. there is a refund of their so that is what creates those waves. —— there is a reef there. so maybe it did hurt if he was smashed into it. another thing now that test your strength and nerves. ——

shaun murphy has fought back in his second—round match against neil robertson to trail 5—3.nal frame of the session but missed the last red a break ending on 112. that's all from me for now, but you can find out more on the bbc sport website. we will have more at 6:30pm in sportsday. now, on their 11th and final day of demonstrations climate change activists from the group extinction rebellion have blockaded entrances to the treasury building and the london stock exchange by gluing themselves together — resulting in a number of arrests. the group's attempts to clog the heart of london and other cities across the uk have undoubtedly helped to drive the issue of climate change more forcefully into the public consciousness — but where do they go from here and will the campaign actually result in any kind of meaningful environmental action? with me to discuss this is clare farrell — she's is in marble arch in central london — where the group is officially bringing their protests to a close. i'm alsojoined from cambridge by ross clark, a journalist for the spectator magazine, who

live pictures at the crucible theatre. snooker on bbc two. 2010 neil robertson is absolutely steam—rolleringcgill. -- 52 —— 52 ahead —— 5—2 ahead. great britain came from a set down to win the first match of their fed cup play—off against kazakhstan in london. johanna konta was playing zarina diyas in the first tie of the weekend, but konta lost the first set 6—4. the british number one battled back though in a noisy copperbox arena and took the next two sets 6—3, 6—2 to give britain a 1—0 lead. katie boulter has just taken the first set from yulia putintseva in the second match of the weekend. and it doesn't happen very often, but rafael nadal has been beaten on clay. the 11 time champion lost in straight sets to italy's fabio fognini at the monte carlo masters. nadal had won his last 18 matches at the event, and only lost four of 76 there in his entire career. let's take a quick look at some of day's other stories. former 0lympic1,500—metres champion asbel kip—rop has been banned for four years for failing a drugs test. the kenyan tested positive for a hormone called epo in an out—of—compe

england's shaun murphy is still behind against australia's neil robertson. up eight frames to six. the first to 13 frames will go through to the quarterfinals. meanwhile, on the other table, amateurjames cahill is trying to cause another upset after his shock win over ronnie 0'sullivan in the first round. he's up against scotland's stephen maguire. maguire though leads 5—3. that match also resumes this evening. you can follow that and this afternoon action right now on bbc two and the bbc sport website. there was a bizarre incident in first practise at the azerbajan grand prix after a car hit a loose manhole cover, causing the session to be abandoned. george russell's williams was damaged by the drain cover and then doused in hydraulic fluid after its recovery truck hit a bridge on its way back to the pits. baku is a street circuit, so there are plenty of drains along the way. russell can't drive again until tomorrow but second practise is currently in progress charles leclerc is currently fastest in his ferrari. bryony frost has been passed fit to ride just

neil robertson missed out on the chance of completing only the second whitewash at the world snookerthe tournament in 2005 and has started like he means business this year. returning to football. paris saint germain players wore a special kit last night following the fire at notre dame cathedral last week. players from the french champions sported the image of the famous cathedral on their shirts for the game against monaco. fans were asked to donate money to help fund the restoration project. the players' names on their shirts were all changed to read notre dame. a lovely touch. 0bviously a lovely touch. obviously it's touched many people in france and around the world. if you are a football commentator... it's tricky, isn't it? lucky paris saint—germain area isn't it? lucky paris saint—germain are a very well—known side so if you are a very well—known side so if you area are a very well—known side so if you are a football commentator worth your salt, we recognise them from the players and what positions they play. because the numbers were still on. you don't really look at the play

round at the world snooker championship, former champion shaun murphy is trailing 2—0 against neil robertsonhe easter sunday suicide bombings which killed at least 359 people. a warning from india about the planned attacks was not properly shared by the authorities. in the last few minutes it's been confirmed that the sri lankan defence secretary hemasiri fernando has resigned over the attacks in colombo which killed nearly 400 people. he'd been ordered to step down. sri lankan security forces have expanded their hunt for suspects with search operations taking place across the country. nick beake has been giving us the latest from the capital colombo. sri lanka remains on high alert, we are told more than 7,000 soldiers are part of the operation to try and track down any remaining members of the sale, which of course have already wrought so much carnage in this country. there was another explosion this morning to the east of this city, colombo, but it's worth stressing no—one is believed to have been injured in that. it took place, we think, in some vacant land next to a magistrates‘ court a